In Case You Missed It: Police, firefighters use their skills to make money on the side

10:00 AM,
Sep. 17, 2012

The question has been raised among some firefighting circles why using department-owned CPR mannequins is different than a police officer wearing a taxpayer-provided uniform and driving a taxpayer-provided patrol car to an off-duty private security job. Both are professionally trained and are using their expertise to make extra bucks on the side in moonlighting jobs.

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One of the allegations lodged against former Cotton Valley Assistant Fire Chief Adam Hurley is that he used public equipment, as in CPR mannequins, while being paid by a private company to train its employees on the life-saving technique.

Hurley and former Fire Chief Dennis Meshell also face accusations of theft and malfeasance.

As their cases wind through the Webster Parish court system, other area fire district officials at times have questioned some of their practices in light of the criminal charges filed against the two firefighters. ...